Automobile controlling mechanism.



'No. 778,627. PATENTED DEG. 2'7, 1904. F. H. BOGART.

AUTOMOBILE CONTROLLING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED 83M. 20, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented December 27, 1904.

PATIENT Orricn.

FRED H. BOGART, OF NEIV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE CORBINMOTOR VEHICLE CORPORATION, OF NEW BRITAIN, CON- NECTICUT, A CORPORATIONOF CONNECTICUT.

AUTOMOBILE CONTROLLING MECHANISM.

SPECIFIOA TION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,627, datedDecember 27, 1904. Application filed geptember 20,1904- Serial No.225,173.

To all 7072/0772, it nan/y concern:

Be it known that I, FRED H. Boeanr, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford, State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomobile Controlling Mechanism, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inautomobiles, and particularly to a controlling mechanism.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a controlling wheel andlever with adjacent parts in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 8is a side elevation, partly in section, of certain details ofconstruction.

1 is a steering-wheel for controlling the course of the vehicle, saidwheel being hinged at 2 upon a head 3, secured to a shaft 4, which maylead to any suitable form of steering mechanism.

5 is a spring-catch carried by the hub of the wheel 2 and arranged toengage with the head 3 when the wheel is in its normal operatix eposition. By withdrawing the catch 5 from the head 3 the wheel may betilted, for example, from the position shown in solid lines, Fig. 2, tothat shown in dotted lines. Rotatably mounted upon the hub of the wheel2 is a controlling-lever 6, the handle end of which is convenientlylocated relatively to the hand of the user while in the act of steeringthe vehicle. This lever 6 carries a short shaft 6, which in theparticular form shown is slotted at the lower end to overstand aflattened projection 7 on the end of shaft 7 which leads through shaft 4to the controlling apparatus. The projection 7 may extend diametricallyacross the end of the shaft 7 and is located in such a positionrelatively to the hinge 2 of wheel 1 that the short shaft 6 is readilydisconnected from or connected to the shaft 7 when the wheel is tiltedup or down.

The shaft 7 passes entirely through the steering-shaft A, as seen inFig. 3. In the lower end of the shaft 4: is a spiral groove 4".Rotatably mounted upon this end of shaft 4 is a sleeve 8, having anexternal annular rib 8". This rib projects into the slotted end of alever 9, pivoted on a bracket 10 and to which lever a rod may connectleading to that part of the motor which it is desired to control.

From the foregoing it will be seen that if the sleeve 8 is shifted up ordown upon its support at the end of the lever 9 will be swung to or fro.It will also be apparent that the rotation of the sleeve-supportingshaft 4 will not disturb the longitudinal adjustment of the sleevethereon, and hence the position of the lever 9 will not be changedthereby. To shift the posit-ion of the lever 9, it is necessary to movethe sleeve 7 up or down upon its support a, and this is accomplished byshifting the angular position of the lever 6 relatively to the wheel 2.The lower end of the sleeve 8 projects below the end of the shaft 4, andin said lower end one or more slots 11 11 are formed. In the projectinglower end of the shaft 7 is located a lateral projection or pin 12,which extends into said slots 11 11.

13 is a pin carried by the sleeve 8 and projecting into the spiralgroove 4: on the sleevesupporting shaft 4. When the angular position ofthe shaft 7 is altered relatively to the shaft 4 by the turning to lever6, it rotates the sleeve 8 to a corresponding extent upon its support,and since the pin 13 moves in the spiral groove' i it results in alongitudinal shifting of the sleeve 8. This, as before indicated,changes the angle of the lever 9, which in turn controls any desiredpart of the motor, whatever that may be.

VVhat I claim is 1. In an apparatus of the character described, a hollowshaft, a second shaft extendingtherethrough projecting below the lowerend thereof, a sleeve mounted on the lower end of the hollow shaft andspirally movable thereon, a sliding connection between the said sleeveand said inner shaft whereby when the angular position of said shafts isvaried the sleeve will be shifted longitudinally upon its support.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, a hollow shaft, a secondshaft passing therethrough and projecting below the lower end thereof, asleeve mounted on the lower end of said hollow shaft, a spiral grooveupon the surface of said supporting-shaft, a projection on the innerside of said sleeve extending into said groove, a sliding connectionbetween said inner shaft and said sleeve whereby by shifting the angularposition of said shafts said sleeve is moved longitudinally upon itssupport, an annular external projection on said sleeve and a levercoacting therewith and controlled thereby.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, a hollow shaft, a secondshaft extending therethrough projecting below the lower end thereof, asleeve mounted on the lower end of the hollow shaft and spirally movablethereon, a sliding connection between the said sleeve and said innershaft whereby when the angular position of said shafts is varied thesleeve will be shifted longitudinally upon its support, acontrolling-wheel mounted on the upper end of said hollow shaft and acontrolling-lever adjacent said Wheel and connected with said innershaft.

i. In an apparatus of the character described, a hollow shaft, a secondshaft extending therethrough projecting below the lower end thereof, asleeve mounted on the lower end of the hollow shaft and spirally movablethereon, a sliding connection between the said sleeve and said innershaft whereby when the angular position of said shafts is varied the,sleeve will be shifted longitudinally upon its

